'Super 3G' technology proposed for next-gen cell phones

SAN JOSE, Calif.  Some 26 companies from Asia, Europe and the United States have agreed to work on a unified data standard for next-generation cellular phones, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun in Japan reported on Friday (Dec. 31).

The new technology, dubbed Super 3G, is said to capable of "almost instantaneously transmitting high-resolution video," the report said. Super 3G could hit the streets as early as 2009, according to the report. No other details were given in the report.